Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Cotf: Plate Tectonics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plate Tectonics provides geology with a comprehensive theory that explains how the Earth works.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Earth Science Education Activities: Prof. Larry Braile

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson collection covering plate tectonics, with some structural geology and planetary science projects. The PDF files include activities, hand outs, maps, and directions for building a simple seismometer and seismograph. Also included...
Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Planet Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of seven instructional, hour-long videos presenting Earth-science topics such as plate tectonics, oceans, climate changes, natural resources, the Sun, and the future of our planet. Closed captioning option provided for each video.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Tectonic Plates

For Students 9th - 10th
Earth's tectonic plates and how they move.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Tectonic Plates

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Earth's tectonic plates and how they move.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Tectonic Plate Motions

For Students 9th - 10th
Earth's tectonic plates and how they move. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquakes at Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why convergent plate boundaries cause massive earthquakes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries in the Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers divergent plate boundaries in the ocean and on land.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries in the Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers divergent plate boundaries in the ocean and on land.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquakes at Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why convergent plate boundaries cause massive earthquakes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanoes at Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Volcanoes most often occur at plate boundaries.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Ocean Continent Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers convergent plate boundaries where an oceanic plate meets a continental plate.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Ocean Ocean Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers convergent plate boundaries and oceanic plate subduction.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers divergent plate boundaries on land.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Earth Sciences: Move Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the science experiements straight to your fingertips. Learn about tectonic plates will Bill Nye as you take part in this interactive lesson and help make learning permanent!
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Earth Science: The Rock Cycle: Uniformitarianism and Recycling

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on the rock cycle. Discussion includes the concept of uniformitarianism and how earth materials change from one form to another. The site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey Web site helps you visualize different types of plate tectonic activity and shows the impact this activity has on Earth's surface.
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Cenozoic Plate Tectonics Study Guide

For Students 4th - 8th
Get an overview of Cenozoic Plate tectonics.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Evolution, Plate Tectonics, and Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at the theories of evolution, plate tectonics, and global warming.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Evolution, Plate Tectonics, and Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at the theories of evolution, plate tectonics, and global warming.
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plate Tectonics and Seas of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Era Study Guide

For Students 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Provides a brief overview of plate tectonic activity during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras and the changes in sea level that occurred. Includes some questions to...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Paleozoic Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How plate tectonics formed Pangaea.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Precambrian Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How plate tectonics caused the continents to come together to form a supercontinent.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: When Continents Collide

For Students 3rd - 8th
Material to begin an exploration of plate tectonics and mountain formation. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on metamorphic rocks and mountain building, and ideas for teaching this...